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Show Arguments For Rebuttal To The Utah Legislature unanimously supported the repeal of Article XXII, Section 2 of the Utah Constitution regarding the property rights of married women. With this repeal, married woman will maintain the same rights to property they the right to own and transfer property in their enjoy today own name before, during, and after marriage. This is because the Equal Protection clause of the United States Constitution provides that no State shall make or enforce any law which shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Arguments For Proposition No. 2 (No opposing argument was submitted.) Arguments Against (No argument was submitted.) When Article XXII, Section 2 was drafted by the Constitutional Convention of 1896, the constitutional debate stated that the provision was to be a recognition of the right of women to acquire and dispose of property after marriage, just the same as while single. It was further explained that the drafters of the language had attempted to give women equal rights with men Rebuttal To Arguments Against Proposition No. 2 (No opposing argument was submitted.) Although equality was the original intent of Article XXII, Section 2 of the Utah Constitution, the actual language appears to offer more protection to property owned by married woman than to property owned by married men. The Equal Protection clause of the United States Constitution protects the property rights of women and men, so that both are treated fairly. Because the actual language of Article XXII, Section 2 of the Utah Constitution appears to favor married women, it probably violates the Equal Protection clause of the United States Constitution. Repealing Article XXII, Section 2 provides for true equality in property rights for women and men. Vote FOR Proposition 2. Rep. Afton B. Bradshaw 24 i |